Oh it’s not just inflation, add global warming too as “excuses to hide behind”
I was watching BBC news yesterday. Thames Water (the corporation that owns the water in London (yes the UK is fucked when it comes to public utilities…)) has issues keeping the actual water clean to use.
What was their excuse? They can’t blame the Tory government that let corporations dump toxic waste into the rivers, because that same government basically owns the BBC and also let Thames Water fly under the radar for a few years when their own QC was pushed on the backburner.
So what do they say? Global warming. Global warming is the reason that the water in the UK is so bad.
Not evenjust that. The way this started was that there were some cases where Covid shutdowns.and things started leading to reduced supply/increased costs, so prices for stuff went up. Companies started massively abusing that to raise prices everywhere and keep them up. That led to inflation, which provides smokescreen for more price gouging, leading to more inflation.
“Supply chain issues” is what keeps getting bandied about. True or not it’s just another wonderfully convenient corporate excuse for constant price-jacking.
Let’s add PFAS to the conversation. Greed of capitalism had no boundaries cause enough money for most would bring well being as well, right ? Right ? We’re doomed. But let’s enjoy it while it lasts.
They profited immensely while poisoning the earth, and now they’re going to charge us to clean it up. And they’re laughing at us while they do it. They think this is great fun.
Oh it’s not just inflation, add global warming too as “excuses to hide behind”
I was watching BBC news yesterday. Thames Water (the corporation that owns the water in London (yes the UK is fucked when it comes to public utilities…)) has issues keeping the actual water clean to use.
What was their excuse? They can’t blame the Tory government that let corporations dump toxic waste into the rivers, because that same government basically owns the BBC and also let Thames Water fly under the radar for a few years when their own QC was pushed on the backburner.
So what do they say? Global warming. Global warming is the reason that the water in the UK is so bad.
Okay.
Not evenjust that. The way this started was that there were some cases where Covid shutdowns.and things started leading to reduced supply/increased costs, so prices for stuff went up. Companies started massively abusing that to raise prices everywhere and keep them up. That led to inflation, which provides smokescreen for more price gouging, leading to more inflation.
“Supply chain issues” is what keeps getting bandied about. True or not it’s just another wonderfully convenient corporate excuse for constant price-jacking.
Yeah. There are no more excusable supply chain issues. 98+% of that is gouging (which may actually be in the supply chain itself, but still)
It is worth reading the Shock Doctrine by Naomi Klein.
Let’s add PFAS to the conversation. Greed of capitalism had no boundaries cause enough money for most would bring well being as well, right ? Right ? We’re doomed. But let’s enjoy it while it lasts.
They profited immensely while poisoning the earth, and now they’re going to charge us to clean it up. And they’re laughing at us while they do it. They think this is great fun.
That’s quite a statement but I mostly agree with it.
New Thames cholera outbreak when? Party like it’s 1854.
Add yet another John Snow in for us to tell he knows nothing, and I’m in.